Frauenbadetag

[BeBMan]

That's (you guessed it) a German word, it means something like "women's bathing day". So what is it about?

Generally, as the term suggests, it is (implemented in some towns and cities) a day when only women are allowed to visit a public bath. Sounds strange? Well, it has to do with the large muslim, mainly Turkish communities we have: muslim women don't like bathing together with men, due to religious reasons.

Therefore some local officials, for example in the city of Hannover thought it would be a good idea to have one day per week exclusively for women, so that they can go bathing there without men nearby. Even the personnel at those public baths are all women then. That, so these officials think, is a step towards integration of muslims into our society.

What do you think of this?

[molly bloom]

That BeBro will soon be disguising himself....

[BeBMan]

I hadn't thought this way....but it is a possibility

[germanos]

Re: Frauenbadetag

Originally posted by BeBro
That, so these officials think, is a step towards integration of muslims into our society.

That is completely bullocks: integration through seperation.
Sounds pretty Orwellian to me.

OTOH, many public pools, sauna's and such here have 'women's only' opening hours.
Fine with me.

[Spiffor]

I agree with Germanos. Bollocks all the way.

[molly bloom]

I'd have been happier if it were a woman only thing for all women, regardless of religion or culture.

I don't believe a secular state has any business pandering to individual religions- if Muslim German women wanted to hire the pool, then presumably they could do so, as private groups in the United Kingdom can hire the use of municipal swimming pools.

[Ecthy]

There's also the expression of Frauenruheraum.

[Japher]

That is completely bullocks: integration through seperation.
Sounds pretty Orwellian to me.

I agree.

Still, if they are going to have these times they might as well get them on video tape.

[alva]

Originally posted by Spiffor
I agree with Germanos. Bollocks all the way.

I think they wanted to do something similar here aswell.

[laurentius]

Thats pretty dumb. Why are these muslims so afraid to have interaction with the other sex? I mean, how perverted is that?

[Cyclotron]

I have a right to ogle young women in Turkish baths in Budapest. You can't take that away from me.

I think that religion requires sacrifices, and if you are going to be Muslim (or anything else) you've just got to suck it up and realize you can't do everything you might want to. If going to a bath with men is forbidden, then the obvious solution is to not go to the baths. Ogling rights should not be impaired to accomodate religious folks who want to have their cake and eat it too.

[lord of the mark]

i fthey could get some orthodox Jewish women to attend, it could make for some real cross cultural communication.

[Harovan]

I believe in a nudist religion and demand, that whenever I visit public baths, all women have to remove their bathsuits or bikinis.

Freedom of religion!
Treating all religions equal!!

[alva]

Errr, please, not all of them...please, some restrictions are really needed.

Any female under 40 and under 75k.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by alva
Errr, please, not all of them...please, some restrictions are really needed.

Any female under 40 and under 75k.

The nudist religion doesn't like weaklings!

Seeing females over 40 and over 75k builds character!